Materion Corporation (MTRN) vs Rio Tinto PLC (RIO)

Materion Corporation and Rio Tinto PLC are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Rio Tinto PLC is the larger, with a market value of $104.3B against $3.7B — 28.2× the size. Rio Tinto PLC trades at the lower P/E: 5.2× against 35.8×. Materion Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 28.1% against 9.45%. Rio Tinto PLC has the higher net margin (23.1% vs 4.64%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 6.20%). Both pay a dividend; Rio Tinto PLC yields more (5.57% vs 0.32%). Across the 20 metrics below, Materion Corporation leads on 11 and Rio Tinto PLC on 9.

Valuation

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E 35.79 5.23 22.71
P/S 1.66 n/m 5.39
P/B 3.71 n/m 1.39
Price to free cash flow 35.72 n/m 14.19
EV/EBITDA 20.52 0.26 5.51
EV/Sales 1.84 0.12 4.77
Earnings yield 2.79% 19.12% (11.17%)
Free cash flow yield 2.80% 0.00% (7.91%)

Profitability

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 15.92% 36.19% 14.48%
Operating margin 6.36% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 4.64% 23.14% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 4.66% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 10.49% 0.00% (6.24%)
Return on assets 5.62% 0.00% (14.10%)
Return on invested capital 6.20% 0.00% (3.57%)

Growth

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 28.10% 9.45% 28.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1,178.57% (14.00%) (14.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.72% 5.26% 6.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 37.07% 0.40% 0.00%

Health

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.40 0.31 0.04
Current ratio 2.81 1.42 2.53
Net debt to EBITDA 2.54 0.62 1.03

Dividend

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield 0.32% 5.57% 2.31%
Payout ratio 0.12 — 0.12

Size

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 3.70b 104.34b 433.17m

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